Grant Silcock

Grant Silcock
Country (sports)Australia Australia
ResidenceBrisbane
Born (1975-05-21) 21 May 1975 (age 49)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$142,184
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 536 (7 July 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record13–40
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 89 (8 July 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open2R (2002)
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2001, 2002)
US Open1R (1998, 2002)

Grant Silcock (born 21 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Silcock is currently Anglican Church Grammar School head tennis coach.

Career

Silcock was a doubles specialist and won the Hong Kong Open in 1999, partnering James Greenhalgh. The pair upset future Grand Slam winners Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the semi-finals. They won the final in a walkover, as one of their opponents, Andre Agassi, withdrew with a shoulder injury.[1]

His next best result on the ATP Tour was reaching the semi-finals of the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia in 2001, with Jordan Kerr.

He made the second round of a Grand Slam on five occasions, once with Paul Kilderry as his partner, once with Dejan Petrovic and three times with Kerr. It was the furthest he would reach in a Grand Slam tournament, although he came close to a third round appearance in the 2002 French Open when he and Kerr lost a second set tiebreak which would have given them a win over Knowles/Nestor.[2]

The Australian made the occasional singles appearances on the Challenger and Futures circuit and reached a ranking of 536 in the world.[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1999 Hong Kong Hard New Zealand James Greenhalgh United States Andre Agassi
United States David Wheaton 		W/O

Challenger titles

Doubles: (9)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1997 Alpirsbach, Germany Clay Germany Mathias Huning Spain Álex López Morón
Italy Fabio Maggi 		5–7, 6–4, 7–5
2. 1998 Winnetka, United States Hard South Africa Myles Wakefield United States Geoff Grant
The Bahamas Mark Merklein 		1–6, 7–6, 7–6
3. 1999 Dallas, United States Hard Australia Paul Kilderry United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith 		4–6, 6–3, 6–1
4. 1999 Perth, Australia Hard Australia Paul Kilderry Australia Paul Baccanello
Australia Josh Tuckfield 		6–4, 7–6(7–5)
5. 2000 Montauban, France Clay Australia Lee Pearson Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Ashley Fisher 		6–1, 6–4
6. 2001 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Australia Jordan Kerr United States Brandon Coupe
Australia Tim Crichton 		6–3, 6–4
7. 2001 Cordoba, Spain Hard Australia Jordan Kerr Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
France Michaël Llodra 		6–3, 5–7, 6–3
8. 2001 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Australia Jordan Kerr Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
Russia Vadim Kutsenko 		6–1, 7–6(7–3)
9. 2002 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Australia Anthony Ross Argentina Federico Browne
Netherlands Rogier Wassen 		W/O

References

  1. ^ New Straits Times, "Agassi wins first title in Asia", 13 April 1999
  2. ^ ITF Tennis Profile
  3. ^ ATP World Tour Profile